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  <h1>Controlling single and double click behavior</h1>
  <p>You can control how the Workbench responds to single and double clicks. To do this:</p>
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    <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.Workbench)")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General</b></a> preference
    page.</li>
    <li>Select the behavior you want to change from the <b>Open mode</b> group.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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  <p>The effect of these selections varies by view. For example, in one of the navigation views:</p>
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    <dt>Double click</dt>
    <dd>Will cause a single click on a resource to select it, and a double click to open it in an editor.</dd>
    <dt>Single click</dt>
    <dd>Will cause a single click on a resource to both select it and immediately open an editor on it.</dd>
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  <p>The checkboxes under the <b>Single click</b> radio button further refine the single click behavior. Checking
  <b>Select on hover</b> will cause the resource to be selected if you hover over it with the mouse. Checking <b>Open
  when using arrow keys</b> will cause the resource to be opened if you use the arrow keys to navigate to it.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="../reference/ref-10.htm">General</a>
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